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It's actually smaller than my thumb, it's over 25 stories up and we're walking five city blocks and it's pretty amazing. – Nik Wallenda	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
I came out of the blocks well and held serve throughout, so I am very happy to be in the next round, i played today already and Borna didn't. I don't know whether it's a disadvantage or not but either way it's going to be tough. – Roger Federer	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
We've probably evacuated 80-100 people total, it wasn't a huge area we were protecting; it's just a few city blocks. – Scott County	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
What we use is the building blocks of seaweed, we remove all the green stuff and the smelly stuff. – Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez	Found on CNN 5 years ago
James Harden said. FINISHING STRONG Snyder inserted Derrick Favors in the lineup in place of Rudy Gobert for the final 4 minutes of the fourth quarter. The move paid off. Derrick Favors totaled six points and six rebounds in 10 minutes in the quarter. All but one rebound came during the final three minutes to prevent Houston from making a late rally, like in Game 3. Rudy Gobert totaled four points, nine rebounds, and three blocks in 24 minutes. Rudy Gobert admitted to being surprised by the decision, but took it in stride. When hes on the floor and Im on the bench, of course I want to be out there, but if Rudy Gobert has a great game and the team is winning thats the most important thing, thats all that matters. – Rudy Gobert	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I dont know what percentage Im at. I dont really worry about things like that, if I can play, Im going to play Giannis Antetokounmpo had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Khris Middleton led Milwaukee Bucks with 20, Eric Bledsoe and Brook Lopez each had 19, and Brook Lopez each added seven rebounds and five blocks. Ersan Ilysaova( 15), Nikola Mirotic( 12) and George Hill( 11) all reached double figures as part of the second unit. – Blake Griffin	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We have 10 to 12 potential blocks up for exploration in Angola, so the potential is there. – Carlos Saturnino	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Packs and breeding pairs are the building blocks of population growth. – Donny Martorello	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
You can even follow Kim Jong Un, his personal activities, while he went out middle of the night in Singapore, all reporters when they knew the information, they could rush to the location trying to get a shot to film what Kim Jong Un did, but here its very hard, they blocked the road a couple of blocks away and police are very strict. – Peter Wang	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
While Juan Guaido builds distribution networks for humanitarian assistance, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocks its entry and sends armed criminal gangs to attack the innocent civilians accompanying the convoys. – Mike Pompeo	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Comets and primitive bodies in the outer solar system are really interesting because theyre thought to be leftover building blocks of the solar system, those small bodies could be incorporated into larger bodies, like Titan, and the dense, organic-rich rocky material could be found in its core. – Kelly Miller	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This study suggests that a rocky, Earth-like planet gets more chances to acquire life-essential elements if it forms and grows from giant impacts with planets that have sampled different building blocks, perhaps from different parts of a protoplanetary disk, this removes some boundary conditions. It shows that life-essential volatiles can arrive at the surface layers of a planet, even if they were produced on planetary bodies that underwent core formation under very different conditions. – Rajdeep Dasgupta	Found on CNN 5 years ago
SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LIFE ON SATURNS MOON ENCELADUS Dhingra added that the scientific community had been in search of clouds and rains on the north pole of Titan, but had yet to see any, despite what their models suggested. People called it the curious case of missing clouds. – Rajani Dhingra	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
I was at a Christmas gathering with my parents when we heard the explosion and saw the fire, we ran about three blocks to the site. – Joe Harris	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I took a helicopter to reach this very remote part of the world -- home to bears and mosquitoes -- where I could find Dickinsonia fossils with organic matter still intact, i had to hang over the edge of a cliff on ropes and dig out huge blocks of sandstone, throw them down, wash the sandstone and repeat this process until I found the fossils I was after. – Ilya Bobrovskiy	Found on CNN 5 years ago
That combination of chemicals can release a gas cloud that can cause what’s called secondary drowning. The lungs start swelling up with its own fluid, the fluid blocks the airwaves and you drown in your own fluids. i smelled something, so I took a deep breath in. Bad mistake. – Lindsay Tarasco	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We create blocks by hanging on to negative energy – H.W. Mann	added by howardmann 5 years ago
This morning dense ballistic blocks up to 60 cm (2 feet) across were found in the parking lot a few hundred yards (meters) from Halemaumau (Kilauea's crater), these reflect the most energetic explosions yet observed and could reflect the onset of steam-driven explosive activity. – The USGS	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We’ve got the road blocks up in the area, and about 100 National Guard on site that are supposed to be doing security, we have put out alerts that remind people that if they aren’t supposed to be in the area, they shouldn’t be there. – Alan Richmond	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
We’ve got the road blocks up in the area and about 100 National Guard on site that are supposed to be doing security, we have put out alerts that remind people that if they aren’t supposed to be in the area, they shouldn’t be there. – Alan Richmond	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Two blocks over, I saw another gentleman unconscious in the middle of the road and a policeman leaning over him holding his neck. – Christian Ali	Found on CNN 6 years ago
It's well within the possibility that in the coming years we will see an industrially viable process to turn PET, and potentially other (plastics), back into their original building blocks so that they can be sustainably recycled. – John McGeehan	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It’s easier to give a child an iPad than encouraging them to do muscle-building play such as building blocks, cutting and sticking, or pulling toys and ropes, she noted. Because of this, they’re not developing the underlying foundation skills they need to grip and hold a pencil. – The Guardian	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I’m 99 percent confident on the basis of the evidence I see, there was definitely a cover-up. Even as I was going through the documents, pages were just missing and removed. And they’re almost always connected somehow to Leslie Dillon or Mark Hansen. There are very serious questions about Leslie Dillon that can’t be answered… Her shoes and purse were found dumped in the trash can shortly after the murder by a local cafe owner. And that’s actually two blocks from where Leslie Dillon lived… The park where she was found is one he knew very well and in fact, used as a shortcut to get to where he lived. – Piu Eatwell	Found on FOX News 6 years ago

It's actually smaller than my thumb, it's over 25 stories up and we're walking five city blocks and it's pretty amazing.

– Nik Wallenda

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

I came out of the blocks well and held serve throughout, so I am very happy to be in the next round, i played today already and Borna didn't. I don't know whether it's a disadvantage or not but either way it's going to be tough.

– Roger Federer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

We've probably evacuated 80-100 people total, it wasn't a huge area we were protecting; it's just a few city blocks.

– Scott County

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

What we use is the building blocks of seaweed, we remove all the green stuff and the smelly stuff.

– Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez

Found on CNN
5 years ago

James Harden said. FINISHING STRONG Snyder inserted Derrick Favors in the lineup in place of Rudy Gobert for the final 4 minutes of the fourth quarter. The move paid off. Derrick Favors totaled six points and six rebounds in 10 minutes in the quarter. All but one rebound came during the final three minutes to prevent Houston from making a late rally, like in Game 3. Rudy Gobert totaled four points, nine rebounds, and three blocks in 24 minutes. Rudy Gobert admitted to being surprised by the decision, but took it in stride. When hes on the floor and Im on the bench, of course I want to be out there, but if Rudy Gobert has a great game and the team is winning thats the most important thing, thats all that matters.

– Rudy Gobert

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I dont know what percentage Im at. I dont really worry about things like that, if I can play, Im going to play Giannis Antetokounmpo had 14 points and 10 rebounds, and Khris Middleton led Milwaukee Bucks with 20, Eric Bledsoe and Brook Lopez each had 19, and Brook Lopez each added seven rebounds and five blocks. Ersan Ilysaova( 15), Nikola Mirotic( 12) and George Hill( 11) all reached double figures as part of the second unit.

– Blake Griffin

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We have 10 to 12 potential blocks up for exploration in Angola, so the potential is there.

– Carlos Saturnino

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Packs and breeding pairs are the building blocks of population growth.

– Donny Martorello

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

You can even follow Kim Jong Un, his personal activities, while he went out middle of the night in Singapore, all reporters when they knew the information, they could rush to the location trying to get a shot to film what Kim Jong Un did, but here its very hard, they blocked the road a couple of blocks away and police are very strict.

– Peter Wang

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

While Juan Guaido builds distribution networks for humanitarian assistance, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro blocks its entry and sends armed criminal gangs to attack the innocent civilians accompanying the convoys.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Comets and primitive bodies in the outer solar system are really interesting because theyre thought to be leftover building blocks of the solar system, those small bodies could be incorporated into larger bodies, like Titan, and the dense, organic-rich rocky material could be found in its core.

– Kelly Miller

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

This study suggests that a rocky, Earth-like planet gets more chances to acquire life-essential elements if it forms and grows from giant impacts with planets that have sampled different building blocks, perhaps from different parts of a protoplanetary disk, this removes some boundary conditions. It shows that life-essential volatiles can arrive at the surface layers of a planet, even if they were produced on planetary bodies that underwent core formation under very different conditions.

– Rajdeep Dasgupta

Found on CNN
5 years ago

SCIENTISTS HAVE FOUND THE BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LIFE ON SATURNS MOON ENCELADUS Dhingra added that the scientific community had been in search of clouds and rains on the north pole of Titan, but had yet to see any, despite what their models suggested. People called it the curious case of missing clouds.

– Rajani Dhingra

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

I was at a Christmas gathering with my parents when we heard the explosion and saw the fire, we ran about three blocks to the site.

– Joe Harris

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I took a helicopter to reach this very remote part of the world -- home to bears and mosquitoes -- where I could find Dickinsonia fossils with organic matter still intact, i had to hang over the edge of a cliff on ropes and dig out huge blocks of sandstone, throw them down, wash the sandstone and repeat this process until I found the fossils I was after.

– Ilya Bobrovskiy

Found on CNN
5 years ago

That combination of chemicals can release a gas cloud that can cause what’s called secondary drowning. The lungs start swelling up with its own fluid, the fluid blocks the airwaves and you drown in your own fluids. i smelled something, so I took a deep breath in. Bad mistake.

– Lindsay Tarasco

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We create blocks by hanging on to negative energy

– H.W. Mann

added by howardmann
5 years ago

This morning dense ballistic blocks up to 60 cm (2 feet) across were found in the parking lot a few hundred yards (meters) from Halemaumau (Kilauea's crater), these reflect the most energetic explosions yet observed and could reflect the onset of steam-driven explosive activity.

– The USGS

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We’ve got the road blocks up in the area, and about 100 National Guard on site that are supposed to be doing security, we have put out alerts that remind people that if they aren’t supposed to be in the area, they shouldn’t be there.

– Alan Richmond

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

We’ve got the road blocks up in the area and about 100 National Guard on site that are supposed to be doing security, we have put out alerts that remind people that if they aren’t supposed to be in the area, they shouldn’t be there.

– Alan Richmond

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Two blocks over, I saw another gentleman unconscious in the middle of the road and a policeman leaning over him holding his neck.

– Christian Ali

Found on CNN
6 years ago

It's well within the possibility that in the coming years we will see an industrially viable process to turn PET, and potentially other (plastics), back into their original building blocks so that they can be sustainably recycled.

– John McGeehan

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It’s easier to give a child an iPad than encouraging them to do muscle-building play such as building blocks, cutting and sticking, or pulling toys and ropes, she noted. Because of this, they’re not developing the underlying foundation skills they need to grip and hold a pencil.

– The Guardian

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I’m 99 percent confident on the basis of the evidence I see, there was definitely a cover-up. Even as I was going through the documents, pages were just missing and removed. And they’re almost always connected somehow to Leslie Dillon or Mark Hansen. There are very serious questions about Leslie Dillon that can’t be answered… Her shoes and purse were found dumped in the trash can shortly after the murder by a local cafe owner. And that’s actually two blocks from where Leslie Dillon lived… The park where she was found is one he knew very well and in fact, used as a shortcut to get to where he lived.

– Piu Eatwell

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

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